Straight out of Philly! Entertainer Steve Cooper is ”Only as hip as his guests”. He hosts Comedians, Actors, Writers and Musicians and spends an hour with them for some organic chat about the biz!
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 28, 2015
Deon Estus - Episode 337
Wednesday Jan 28, 2015
Wednesday Jan 28, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with musician Deon Estus. Deon is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael’s bassist on all of the latter’s subsequent projects. In 1988, he released a solo album entitled Spell and scored a U.S. #3 Billboard Hot 100 hit pop single, “Heaven Help Me”. He also played with Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, Frank Zappa, George Clinton, Annie Lennox, Edgar Winter, Aaron Neville, Elton John. He toured China with Wham!, performed at Rock in Rio, and with George Michael on his Faith tour. He recorded two albums with Brainstorm as a teenager, scoring a hit with “Popcorn.” He most recently produced and co-wrote songs for aspiring singer Julie Anne, who boasts a 5 octave range.
Sunday Jan 25, 2015
Eddie Jemison - Episode 336
Sunday Jan 25, 2015
Sunday Jan 25, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with actor/director Eddie Jemison. Eddie is best known for his role as Ronnie Haxon on two seasons of HBO's series Hung. His first national break came in the Yes, I Am / Dr. Galakowitz spots for Bud Light. Several appearances on David Letterman followed. Soon after, he acted in his first film, Schizopolis, directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh. He went on to act in Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen and relocated to Los Angeles. His feature work also includes his role as Ogie in Waitress directed by Adrienne Shelly, along with roles in The Punisher and Bruce Almighty. His television credits include The Closer, ER, CSI, Six Feet Under, The Guardian, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Franklin & Bash and many more. He recently finished writing, co-directing and co-starring in the movie King of Herrings which has been a festival favorite and is available on iTunes.
Friday Jan 23, 2015
Brian McNamara - Episode 335
Friday Jan 23, 2015
Friday Jan 23, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with actor Brian McNamara. Brian is best known for his role as Michael Holden for 7 seasons on Lifetime's top-rated show Army Wives and has been acting for over 30 years. He got his break in Hollywood with a part in the hit movie Flamingo Kid and has since appeared in numerous roles in both film and television. McNamara starred in one of the first Lifetime Movies, Storm and Sorrow as well as The Secret Lives Of Second Wives. Some of his other film credits include, Short Circuit, Arachnophobia, Mystery Date and Dead of Winter, which was also his directing debut. Early in his career, McNamara was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in the TV movie, Billionaire Boys Club. Some of his many TV credits include guest starring roles in such popular series as, Seinfeld, Monk, NYPD Blue, St. Elsewhere, JAG, Mad About You, Ellen, Murphy Brown, The Mentalist, Perception, Grimm, Bones and Franklin & Bash as well as playing Brooke Shields love interest in her series Suddenly Susan. He directed 4 episodes of Army Wives and currently is directing episodes of Granite Flats.
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Jason Whitton - Episode 334
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with Singer/Songwriter Jason Whitton. Jason was raised in Houston, TX, where he grew up listening to R&B, Rap (that's what they called it back then), and Country. His musical tastes are ALL over the map, including everything from Eminem to Tom Waits. His influences range from Garth Brooks, to George Strait, to James Taylor. He's released three records, Thriftstore Cowboy, Broken Horses, and My Way Home. You can find them on cdbaby.com and iTunes. He is currently in the studio finishing up his fourth release. He plans to make a video for one the tracks, and hopefully some touring for the record. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for this amazing Americana/Alt. Country future Superstar.
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Patrick O'Sullivan - Episode 333
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with actor/comic Patrick O' Sullivan. Patrick just wrapped 2 seasons as Alien Johnny Unitas on ABC's Neighbors and guests stars this season on Adult Swim's Hot Package. He has also guested on ABC's Happy Endings, Comedy Central's Free Radio and is the creator of the hit impersonator stage shows All About Walken and All About Jack. He had a two year run as Gary Busey in Point Break Live! and his one man show Young Sully was chosen as a San Francisco Chronicle Pick of the Week. He has been a fixture on the LA comedy scene at The Improv and The Comedy Store while also touring across the country. He has also produced the hit documentary about Lenny Bruce called Looking for Lenny and can be seen on the big screen playing Detective Cooper in the horror film Smiley. His latest venture is the creation of a live stage parody of the 1987 film Summer School.
Sunday Jan 11, 2015
Suzanne Whang - Episode 332
Sunday Jan 11, 2015
Sunday Jan 11, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with actor/host/comic Suzanne Whang. Suzanne was the host of House Hunters the #1 rated show on HGTV (Home & Garden Television Network) for almost ten years, and she also hosted the hit spinoff show House Hunters International. She had a great time as Dick Clark’s co-host on TV's Censored Bloopers for NBC, while concurrently co-hosting New Attitudes on Lifetime Television. Prior to that, she was a field host/fill-in co-host for Fox After Breakfast with Tom Bergeron, and a field host for Personal FX, Breakfast Time and The Pet Department. As an actor, she has appeared in numerous television series, including four seasons as Polly the hilarious spa manager on NBC’s Las Vegas and was on ABC’s General Hospital as Carol Cheng, the funny and loathsome wedding planner. She also had a memorable guest starring role on Cold Case, and co-starring roles on Two and a Half Men, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, The Practice and Nip/Tuck to name a few. As a comic she has been on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and has performed across the country in clubs and in comedy festivals. She currently is writing a book on her beating breast cancer and can be seen on the TV series From Here on OUT.
Thursday Jan 08, 2015
Brian Howe - Episode 331
Thursday Jan 08, 2015
Thursday Jan 08, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with actor Brian Howe. Brian is typically cast as an American everyman in many ways, the most challenging of roles to play. After spending time in stage productions in Boston he began his TV career during the mid-'90s, as an occasional guest player on episodes of such series as Law & Order and Spencer for Hire and the short-lived sitcom The Bonnie Hunt Show. He re-teamed with the venerable Hunt for a small role in his first feature, which the actress directed: the romantic comedy Return to Me. Supporting turns in an uneven series of films ensued, ranging from K-PAX to Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. He later was cast in the short-lived sitcom A Minute With Stan Hooper then landed a trio of supporting roles in A-list films during 2006: one in the Robin William's in RV, another with Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness and a third in Tony Scott's Deja Vu. Clint Eastwood cast him in the 2008 drama Gran Torino. He appeared in the 2011 action film I Am Number Four, and in 2012 Howe appeared as Randy Scheunemann in the made-for-HBO docudrama Game Change. He recently had a recurring role in HBO's hit The Newsroom and can be seen on the new season of Showtime's House of Lies.
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Christine Blackburn - Episode 330
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with actor/comic/host Christine Blackburn. Christine has performed stand-up, wrote, produced and acted in her own one-woman show The Big Picture and has appeared in over 60 national commercials throughout the years. She spent two years as the co-host of the USA Network series Ready For The Weekend Movie and on the acting front‚ has starred in three feature films, Halloween Party, Interviewing Norman and the Wedding Video. Currently her podcast, Story Worthy just celebrated it's 3rd anniversary and is going strong and her game show Shotgun Story Worthy - the first Storytelling Game Show! is performed around LA frequently. Her first book PIT to LAX : My Story Worthy Life will be released in March.
Friday Jan 02, 2015
Joe Nipote - Episode 329
Friday Jan 02, 2015
Friday Jan 02, 2015
Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor Joe Nipote. Joe has headlined comedy clubs across the country and became a favorite opening act for many headliners in Vegas, Reno, Tahoe, and Atlantic City for such artists as Tina Turner, Captain & Tenille, The O'Jays, Dwight Yokum, Judy Collins, Barbara Mandrell, Robert Goulet, Frankie Avalon, Ben Vereen and many, many more. He went on to host WRIF in the morning for a year in 1987. His hunger for stand-up and acting drove him out of the radio booth and back out to LA where he quickly landed the co-starring role on the Paramount series Viper in which he played, Franklin 'Frankie' Xavier Waters for all four seasons. Joe went on to star in the movies, Casper, Soul's Midnight, The Fourth Tenor and Back by Midnight (Rodney Dangerfield's last 2 movies) and of course Meatballs II in which he starred as Boomer. He recently starred in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Disney's Zack & Cody, The Suite Life On Deck. He has also crossed over into the another ring of performing, the boxing ring, as he has been announcing Boxing and MMA fights for HBO's Boxing After Dark and Showtime, The New Generation and currently is promoting the children's book he wrote titled Eggy Yolk and the Dirty Rotten Dozen.